Toby Walsh's God AI: superintelligence may arrive within our lifetime
TobyWalsh · x · 2026-09-07
A new review covers God AI, the fifth book on AI by UNSW researcher Toby Walsh.
- Walsh argues AI could reach human-level "General" intelligence and eventually superintelligence, likely within our lifetime
- He weighs benefits (curing disease, freeing people from work) against risks including surveillance states, automated warfare, and human extinction
- The book also lays out reasons General/Super AI may be out of reach, using vivid analogies like bees being unable to build smarter-than-bee intelligence
- The reviewer praises its clear, cogent explanations of both AI capability and existential risk
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